Nihari - Indian Recipe

Nihari

🌍 Indian, Mughal/Delhi Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 1 kg beef or mutton shank (with bone)
• 3 onions (fried golden)
• 2 tbsp nihari masala (mix of fennel, cumin, cilantro, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, dried ginger, star anise)
• ¼ cup flour (for thickening)
• 4 tbsp ghee
• ginger julienne
• lemon
• salt

Method

1. Cooking — Cook meat with water and salt overnight on very low heat (or pressure cook 20 whistles).
2. Making — Make roux: fry flour in ghee until nutty; add to curry to thicken.
3. Adding — Add fried onions, nihari masala; simmer 30 min.
4. Serving — Serve garnished with ginger julienne, green chilies, lemon, fresh cilantro.

Tags: beef or mutton shank, onions, nihari masala, flour, ghee · Source: Brittani's Almanac